Temporary email questions

No. Type a mailbox name and open it. There is no password, no profile, and no confirmation email from this site.

On the home page, or on the Create free email page, type a name and open the inbox. You can also go straight to /inbox/ and then the name, for example /inbox/signup.

Use @themailinator.com. The name you choose goes in front of that domain. Addresses on any other domain are not inboxes on this site.

Yes. If you paste name@themailinator.com, the site opens that inbox. A full address on a different domain is rejected.

No. Signup-Test and signup-test are the same inbox. The page uses the lowercase form.

Yes, for this browser session. Unread messages stay bold until you open them here. Mark unread puts one back. Closing the browser clears that list. Another person, or another browser, keeps a separate list.

Use 1 to 64 characters. Start and end with a letter or number. Dots, underscores, plus signs, and hyphens are allowed in the middle. Two dots in a row are not allowed. Spaces and accented letters are not allowed.

Yes. Suggest a name fills the box with a random name. It does not open the inbox until you submit it, and it does not reserve that name for you.

No. Nothing has arrived yet. Copy the address, use it where you need an email, then press Refresh.

Who can see a message, and how to ask for deletion, is explained on the privacy page.

A longer name is still just a name. What that means is explained on the privacy page.

Passwords, resets, and payments are covered in the terms.

Identity documents and medical information are covered in the terms and on the privacy page.

Inbox pages ask crawlers not to index them. The details are on the privacy page.

No. Messages are stored so the inbox can show them. They are not sold, and they are not used to train machine-learning models.

The recipient, the sender, the subject, a message id when one is present, the time it was stored, and the message content. When the message can be read, the plain-text and HTML parts are kept as well.

Google Analytics may set cookies so visits can be counted. The host, Cloudflare, may set a technical cookie used to filter abusive traffic. This site does not set advertising cookies.

Write to privacy@themailinator.com or abuse@themailinator.com. Read the privacy page before you include personal details.

No. The site only shows mail that has already arrived. There is no reply button and no outbox.

No. There is no forward action. You can copy the text if you need it somewhere else.

No. The message page can list file names and types. The files themselves are not offered for download.

No. The formatted view blocks pictures that would be downloaded from another server. A missing image in that view often means the block is working.

No. The formatted view is isolated. Scripts in the message are not allowed to run in the page.

No. Inboxes on this site do not have a password. The terms explain what the service does and does not include.

No. Inboxes on this site are only addresses at @themailinator.com.

No. The website works in a phone browser. There is no separate app and no push notification.

The newest 40 stored messages for that address. Older rows can still exist in storage without appearing on the list.

The newest stored message is first.

Yes, while the inbox tab stays open. You can also choose Refresh. If the browser tab is in the background, checking pauses until you come back.

The list shows (no subject). You can still open the row.

Read the plain-text part first. Open the formatted version only when you need to check layout. A code that exists only inside a remote image will not be visible here.

Times on the page are shown in UTC.

The sender did not include a text part, or it could not be read. If a formatted part exists, you can open that view. Some messages only contain a file, and files are not downloaded here.

No. The page is a list, not a search box. Scroll the newest messages or open a row.

Until they are removed. This site does not promise a storage period or a deletion date.

Check that the form used the full address at @themailinator.com, that you opened the same name, and that the sending service accepted the message. Mail can also be delayed. This site cannot show a message that never arrived.

No. A success message usually means your app handed the message to a mail service. It does not prove the message reached this site.

Yes. Some mail services reject domains used for temporary inboxes. If their form will not accept the address, this site cannot override that.

No. Messages can be delayed, rejected by the sender, or removed here later.

A very large message may fail to be stored. The inbox will not show a message that was not stored.

No. There is no email alert, phone alert, or webhook. Open the inbox page to look.

Yes. The same name opens the same stored messages, for as long as those messages are still kept.

No. billing+april@themailinator.com is a different inbox from billing@themailinator.com. Each full name is exact.

No. Those names work like any other name. privacy@themailinator.com and abuse@themailinator.com are the contact addresses. Read the privacy page before you send personal details.

Yes. Share the name and everyone can open the same inbox.

No. Leave real names, phone numbers, and account ids out of the mailbox name. The name is visible to anyone who opens the inbox.

They can, and their messages will mix. Use a separate name when the test changes so a code from one form is not confused with another.

No. The page has no delete button. You can ask for stored messages to be removed by writing to privacy@themailinator.com.

The mailbox name and, if you have it, the message id. The privacy page explains what to leave out of that email.

We delete what we can still find in the mailbox store. A backup or a log line at the host can remain for a while. There is no promised timetable.

Write to abuse@themailinator.com with the mailbox name, the page URL or message id, and a short description. Do not attach the sensitive material. The terms explain how removal requests are handled.

You can ask. Many people can claim the same public name, so we may need enough detail to understand the request. We may refuse a request we cannot verify.

No. Opening an inbox is free. There is no paid tier and no account to upgrade.

No. The pages do not run advertising.

Anyone who wants a temporary email address for a sign-up, a verification code, or a newsletter.

People who are at least 16 years old. The site is not directed at children. Do not use it to collect information about a child.

The person who publishes https://themailinator.com. A company name and postal address are not printed on the site. Questions about the rules go to the terms and privacy pages, or to privacy@themailinator.com.

Cloudflare hosts the pages, stores the mailbox database, and receives the mail for the domain.

They can. Terms and privacy show a date at the top when they change. The service can also be suspended or stopped. There is no promise of a replacement.